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    5ooks Eecbived :— From Messrs. Bailliere...

    much ¦ it m ^ A ^ consist »^^»— tho »»—— — abundance in — the — which abundance — it -of what before it

    has as , enjoys , their they , can own be meagrel quite y content -supplied to have generation belonged . "We to _ to write jjl thus 1 bthe J ^ of the A 1

    are above led -named work of enduring y appearance excellence , from romancist the pen of Nathaniel the son of Hawthorne the celebrated . The American book

    comprises 1 ¦ Yellow iiv ¦ ¦ Cap four ' ' Rumpty stories , Dudget — entitled 1 / ' Calladon respectivel — / and — y ,

    jtfaqazin ' Theeda ^ , , c ' ^^ , which * but f r ^ , full have ^^ y deserve recentl r ^ y the appeared n 7 elegant in Fra holiday j ser ^^ ' s

    form in which they now appear . The typography of the volume is excellent , and author and have vied with each other to

    oBe publishers of the most enchanting books of fairy produce lore that we have seen or read for many a day ,

    From Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston & Co . — ' The , ^ «* v ^ Hundred — - Greatest Men of - History _ - - ^ j / This , volume f i A " 1 is * " devoted ^ » 1 to I

    the new or portfolio , portraits of warriors and statesmen . The introduction to this j section is by Mr . J . A . Froudewhence ___

    we ^ ^^ ^^ ma *** r y —^ ^ sa - ^ - f ely conclude ^ y - b efore — - turning , a leaf , that the ' noblest Roman of them all' has an honoured . ^ r ^ m p -- lace . ~~ First ¦ ~~ we ~— have a table of the

    ^ most ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ v ^ celebrated ~™~ - ~ —^ p— — — — kings , , warriors w — — — , ministers —^ — and popular leaders whom the world has seen . Then a list of the portraits whichwith _ . __ their

    descriptive ^^ Q ^^ V ^ letterpress - _~ - _ - — « — , form the seventh - , volume of the ^ hundred greatest men . They are Pericles , _ Alexander — , Hannibal , Csesar - , Charlemagn £ j e ,

    Alfred the Great , William the Conqueror , Charles V ., William the Silent , Richelieu , Cromwell , Peter the GreatFrederick the

    GreatWashington , Nelson , and , Napoleon . The idea of , bringing into one focus all that is pictorially or otherwise known about an illustrious man is very

    interesting . In the case of CromwelVs portrait , here seen , we hope it is more true than the exquisitely disagO reeable likenesses or unlikenesses of the shop 4 .

    windows . Frederick the Groat and Washington are surely a little idealised . From the same . — ' The Iron Gatea - - nd other Poems /

    by Oliver Wend ell Holmes . A handsomel , _ y got _ _ -up _ ^ small octavo volume which contains nineteen poems , and an interesting portrait .

    Fro Jacob m Messrs , and . Josep Macniven h / by the & Rev Wallace . Marcus . —* Isaac Dods , ,

    D . D . A volume of the publishers' ' Household Library etiited to of be Exposition ' to place , w ' the hin ob ject h of and which s of tho is

    general public the best results of Biblical study , d ex irect pressed evan in gel a ical fresh and lication readabl / e The form authors , and wiih

    engaged on the aeries include some well-known Scotch divines , and some eminent English Nonconformists . In the present volume wo have a

    series of lectures on the lives of the three patriarchs . From MessrsJamea Niabet & Co' In Chriato

    . . , or the Monogram of St . Paul / By J . R . Macduff , striking DD . Taking characteristic the phrase of St . * In Paul Chrifet ' s writings ' as a ,

    * here it occurs no fewer than thirty-three times , meditat Dr . Macduff ions on uses the it as iritual a subject life as for suggeste a series d b of

    the Apostle in this expression sp , which he terms the y | l ' which cor cordium * wv * w * B « r of % ^ a his AS IM writings W » » VI "' fK *'! , the «** % / one Vf « 4 V , master « 1 AMM W * -chord V *« V V- *

    I I divine " symphony vibrates and , recalling pulsates as through an Old Testament the whole I parallel tho watchword of the Great

    Elijah—! Jehovah liveth / The idea of thus treating

    consecutively the apostolic utterances which have this feature is ori

    an able common fulfilment of the scheme ginal , . and the work is From H . Wi the g same ley . . — A * Workers book of -- at womanly Home ———— ¦ ¦_• / counsels By Mrs , W for

    . — — _ _ _ , , v v B - ^^ - ^^ *—(^^ 1 ^ «¦> ^ 1 ^ ^ ^^ J ^ women evident ^^ marks on home of a work domestic and home experience duties , , in bearing which

    the advice here given has been tested and acted upon first . dealt Personal withand habits then , tastes there , and are p chapters leasures are for

    young wives and , young mothers on the management children of . their The houses book , is their written husbands throughout , and their in a

    set distinctl before y reli the g workers ious spirit , and be summed the motive in power the Scriptural injunction : may ' Whatsoever do up do all

    ye , that to the of g a lory broad of God and / comprehensive The writer ' s Christiani platform ty is , and her suggestions are full of sound sense and

    are always practical . From the the the Rev liev . . same ( Gi . . S S . . . — ± Bowes * fowes In Prospec . JM M .. A A . . t The The of Sunday complete comnW / fl title title By

    of this work describes , it as ' a collection of anal tions y , & , c , arguments for the use , app of preachers lications , and counsels teachers , cau / -

    The fitted I he plan t ) to lan be of of usefu the the l in ¦ work work a day , which "whioli when seems rpatti the laity eminently ftnrnnfintlv as well as the clergy ^ - » ^ j are — - — — being — - — - — — — ¦ - —4 "stimulated ^ ^ — ¦ ¦ ¦ ™ w » v , <^ i _ w ^^ «> v on ^^ r j »^ all ^* i ^^» " ^ vftr sides ^» ^*» ^ " ^ ¦» . to ^ ^*

    calculated al undertake phabetical the to order serve office notes as of preaching the on basis a variety , of is sermons of to subjects give or in

    preacher addresses ' s . repertorium One great as advantage this is that of it would such , if a properly usedenable public teachers to acquire

    the habit of , giving extempore addresses ; but courses even thos will e who find h still ere prefer much to write that will their assist disvery

    t will t he hem rea be , and d most y-to to - valuable busy hand men provision . engrossed The subjects of sermons in pari dealt in sh work brief with

    cardinal include a doctrines great variet of Christianity y of topics down from to the the virtues and graces of the religious life .

    From Messrs . Belfe Brothers . — ' k Short Bible History for Schools and Families , ' by the Rev .

    Edmund Fowle . A new edition , entirely rewritten and re-arranged , of a little book , the merits of which are guaranteed by the fact that

    it was originally published by the Church of England Sunday School Institute , and was for many years on the list of the Society for

    Promoting Christian Knowledge . It gives ____ in tabular and summary form a conspectus of Bible History — _ . ___ - ^^ well . _ _ fitted fo _ r use . either as — a

    daily book of lessons , or for Bible classes . From The Religious Tract Society . — The Laat

    First / by Alexander Macleod Symington , B . A . A volume of sketches of some of the less noted characters of Scripture historyincluding not

    merely those who are known as actual , personages , but some of the unnamed heroes and heroines of tho parables and miracles of Christ . The book

    is writton with a good deal of descriptive power , and as it deals with the byepaths of Bible history it travels over ground which has not been

    completely traversed . From Messrs . S . W . Silver & Oo .-rSilver & Co / s 4

    Handbook for Australia and New Zealand ' of ( including the P >«> r colonies 4 m also P > PA PkPPPJ . the Third Ph Fij 1 4 P 4 irf i edition w Islan JPi PV w wmm d . s ) , An ~ with - ¦ ¦ " ^ exhaustive — — ^ new - map < ^ f ^ * m Iv ^ " * ^^ * ^^ ^ ^^ ^^**^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ pr ^ " ^

    colonies political , and chiefl geograp y designed hical for guide the use to the of Australian emigrants . The handbook supplies every detail as the history &

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    pgr —^ == - -- ,,. , ' I Nov . 15 i 8 &> Tlie Publishers' Circular , ^

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1880, page 997, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111880/page/9/